4.

Eli's hobbies include jogging, swimming, and

__________.

English Proficiency Test A. to climb mountains

B. climb mountains
Transparent Language has provided this English test
C. to climb
as a way for English language learners to evaluate
their English proficiency. We have based this test on D. climbing mountains
the standard English vocabulary and English
grammar that you would find in any English 5. Mr. Hawkins requests that someone _________
language learning material, so that this proficiency the data
test can measure your command of the English by fax immediately.
language regardless of your English language
A. sent
learning background. So if you've been learning
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C. send
Transparent Language offers this English language
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that your score on this English test is not consistent
with other tests you have taken. Transparent 6. Who is ____________ , Marina or Sachiko?
Language is solely responsible for the test content. A. tallest
Part I: English Grammar B. tall
Select the best answer. C. taller
1. Juan___________ in the library this morning. D. the tallest
A. is study 7. The concert will begin ________ fifteen minutes.
B. studying A. in
C. is studying B. on
D. are studying C. with
2. Alicia, __________ the windows please. It's too D. about
hot in here.
8. I have only a ________ Christmas cards left to
A. opens write.
B. open A. few
C. opened B. fewer
D. will opened C. less
3. The movie was __________ the book. D. little
A. as 9. Each of the Olympic athletes ____________ for
B. as good months,
even years.
C. good as
A. have been training
D. as good as
B. were training

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 15. Ms. Guth _________ rather not invest that
C. has been training
money in the
D. been training stock market.
A. has to
10. Maria __________ never late for work.
B. could
A. am
C. would
B. are
D. must
C. were
D. is Part 2 English Grammar

11. The company will upgrade _________

computer information systems next month. 1. The majority to the news is about violence or
scandal.
A. there
A. The
B. their
B. to
C. it's
C. news
D. its
D. violence
12. Cheryl likes apples, _________ she does not
like oranges. 2. Takeshi swimmed one hundred laps in the pool
yesterday.
A. so
A. swimmed
B. for
B. hundred
C. but
C. in
D. or
D. yesterday
13. You were ____________ the New York office
before 2 p.m. 3. When our vacation, we plan to spend three days
scuba diving.
A. suppose call
A. When
B. supposed to call
B. plan
C. supposed calling
C. days
D. supposed call
D. diving
14. When I graduate from college next June, I
_____________ 4. Mr. Feinauer does not take critical of his work
a student here for five years. very well.
A. will have been A. does
B. have been B. critical
C. has been C. his
D. will have D. well

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5. Yvette and Rinaldo send e-mail messages to
C. run
other often.
D. miles
A. and
B. send 11. He goes never to the company softball games.
C. other A. never
D. often B. the
C. softball
6. Mr. Olsen is telephoning a American Red
Cross for help. D. games
A. is
12. Do you know the student who books were
B. a stolen?
C. Red A. Do
D. for B. know
C. who
7. I had a enjoyable time at the party last night.
D. were
A. a
B. time 13. Jean-Pierre will spend his vacation either in
Singapore
C. at
nor the Bahamas.
D. last
A. will
8. The doctor him visited the patient's parents. B. his
A. The C. nor
B. him D. Bahamas
C. visited
14. I told the salesman that I was not interesting in
D. patient's buying the latest model.
A. told
9. Petra intends to starting her own software
business B. that
in a few years.
C. interesting
A. intends
D. buying
B. starting
15. Frederick used work for a multinational
C. software
corporation
D. few when he lived in Malaysia.
A. used work
10. Each day after school, Jerome run five miles.
B. multinational
A. Each
C. when
B. after
D. lived in

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Part 3 English Vocabulary
C. appointment
D. disappointed

6. The critics had to admit that the ballet

______________
1.he rate of ___________ has been fluctuating was superb.
wildly
A. procrastinate
this week.
B. performance
A. money
C. pathology
B. bills
D. psychosomatic
C. coins
D. exchange 7. Peter says he can't ___________ our invitation
to dinner tonight.
2. The bus ___________ arrives late during bad
A. angel
weather.
B. across
A. every week
C. accept
B. later
D. almost
C. yesterday
D. always 8. We were __________ friends in that strange but
magical country.
3. Do you ____________ where the nearest
A. upon
grocery store is?
B. among
A. know
C. toward
B. no
D. in addition to
C. now
D. not 9. The hurricane caused ____________ damage to
the city.
4. Jerry Seinfeld, the popular American
A. extend
comedian, has his audiences ___________.
B. extended
A. putting too many irons in the fire
C. extensive
B. keeping their noses out of someone's
business D. extension
C. rolling in the aisles
10. Many cultures have special ceremonies to
D. going to bat for someone celebrate a person's _________ of passage into
adulthood.
5. The chairperson will ____________ members A. right
to the subcommittee.
B. rite
A. appoint
C. writ
B. disappoint
D. write

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Part 4 Reading Comprehension 4. Who will give the presentation?
A. the company president
Leave Interstate 25 at exit 7S. Follow that road (Elm B. Megan Fallerman
Street) for two miles. After one mile, you will pass a
C. Steven Roberts
small shopping center on your left. At the next set of
traffic lights, turn right onto Maple Drive. Erik's D. future customers
house is the third house on your left. It's number 33,
and it's white with green trim.

1. What is Erik's address? The B&B Tour

A. Interstate 25
Spend ten romantic days enjoying the lush countryside
B. 2 Elm Street of southern England. The counties of Devon, Dorset,
Hampshire, and Essex invite you to enjoy their castles
C. 13 Erika Street
and coastline, their charming bed and breakfast inns,
D. 33 Maple Drive their museums and their cathedrals. Spend lazy days
watching the clouds drift by or spend active days
2. Which is closest to Erik's house? hiking the glorious hills. These fields were home to
Thomas Hardy, and the ports launched ships that
A. the traffic lights
shaped world history. Bed and breakfasts abound,
B. the shopping center ranging from quiet farmhouses to lofty castles. Our
tour begins August 15. Call or fax us today for more
C. exit 7S
information 1-800-222-XXXX. Enrollment is limited,
D. a greenhouse so please call soon.

5. Which of the following counties is not included

in the tour?
Date: May 16, 1998
A. Devon
To: Megan Fallerman
From: Steven Roberts B. Cornwall
Subject: Staff Meeting
C. Essex
Please be prepared to give your presentation on the D. Hampshire
monthly sales figures at our upcoming staff meeting.
In addition to the accurate accounting of 6. How many people can go on this tour?
expenditures for the monthly sales, be ready to
A. 10
discuss possible reasons for fluctuations as well as
possible trends in future customer spending. Thank B. an unlimited number
you.
C. 2-8
3. The main focus of the presentation will be D. a limited number
______________.
7. What can we infer about this area of southern
A. monthly expenditures England?
B. monthly salary figures A. The region has lots of vegetation.
C. monthly sales figures B. The coast often has harsh weather.
D. staff meeting presentations

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 C. The sun is hot and the air is dry. A. She was a T.V. announcer in Washington.
D. The land is flat. B. She was a newscaster in Oregon.
C. She was an editor for a newspaper in Missouri.
D. She was a talk show host in Chicago.
Anna Szewcyzk, perhaps the most popular
broadcaster in the news media today, won the 1998
Broadcasting Award. She got her start in journalism
as an editor at the Hollsville County Times in Jhenzky
Missouri. When the newspaper went out of business,
a colleague persuaded her to enter the field of
broadcasting. She moved to Oregon to begin a
master's degree in broadcast journalism at Atlas
University. Following graduation, she was able to
begin her career as a local newscaster with WPSU-
TV in Seattle, Washington, and rapidly advanced to
national television. Noted for her quick wit and
trenchant commentary, her name has since become
synonymous with Good Day, America! Accepting
the award at the National Convention of Broadcast
Journalism held in Chicago, Ms. Szewcyzk
remarked, "I am so honored by this award that I'm at
a total loss for words!" Who would ever have
believed it?

8. What is the purpose of this announcement?

A. to invite people to the National Convention
of Broadcast Journalism
B. to encourage college students to study
broadcasting
C. to recognize Ms. Szewcyzk's
accomplishments
D. to advertise a job opening at the Hollsville
County Times

9. The expression "to become synonymous with"

means
A. to be the same as.
B. to be the opposite of.
C. to be in sympathy with.
D. to be discharged from.

10. What was Ms. Szewczyk's first job in

journalism?